diff --git a/__system.cpp b/__system.cpp
index 85435be..1f62b39 100644
--- a/__system.cpp
+++ b/__system.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ namespace jet {
 	    close(fdi[1]);
 	    dup2(fdi[0], 0);
 	 }
-	 rc = system(variables["cmd"].c_str());
+	 system(variables["cmd"].c_str());
 	 close(fdo[1]);
-	 exit(rc);
+	 exit(errno);
       }
       close(fdo[1]);
       if(variableDefined("name")) 
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ namespace jet {
       else 
 	out.read(fdo[0]);               
       waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-      if(variableDefined("status"))
-	resolveKeyword("status");
-      global.variables[variables["status"]] = (status >> 8 & 255);
    }
    
 }
diff --git a/tests/testsystem.jet b/tests/testsystem.jet
index 8de0704..9b0e959 100755
--- a/tests/testsystem.jet
+++ b/tests/testsystem.jet
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!../jet-2.0
 <jet name1="localname" filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
 <set name="abc" value="abcdefg" />
-<system cmd="cat" status="stat" input="$[abc]xyz" name="test1" />
+<system cmd="cats" input="$[abc]xyz" name="test1" />
 test1=$[test1]
 name1=#[localname]
-status=$[stat]
+error=$[error]
 </jet>